confab
pronunciation
How to pronounce confab in British English:
UK [ˈkɒnfæb]
How to pronounce confab in American English:
US [ˈkɑnfæb]
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- Noun:
- an informal conversation
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- Verb:
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
- have a conference in order to talk something over
Word Origin
- confab (n.)
- 1701, colloquial shortening of confabulation.
Example
- 1. There 's nothing wicked about the smart city confab london is hosting this week .
- 2. At a confab for motivational speakers , she is told that anyone can achieve " infinite power " by resonating in tune with the universe .
- 3. It didn 't occur to him at the time , he says , that he could have stayed away from hank paulson 's famous confab , in which the treasury secretary ( and goldman alum ) forced the nation 's nine biggest banks and investment banks to accept infusions of government capital .
- 4. So we turned into barney kiernan 's and there , sure enough , was the citizen up in the corner having a great confab with himself and that bloody mangy mongrel , garryowen , and he waiting for what the sky would drop in the way of drink .